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  Desiring God

  Meditations of a Christian Hedonist

  by John Piper

  Scripture reveals that the great business of life is to glorify God by enjoying Him forever. In this paradigm-shattering classic, newly revised and expanded, John Piper reveals that the debate between duty and delight doesn't truly exist: Delight is our duty. Readers will embark on a dramatically different and joyful experience of their faith
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  Absolute Sandman: Book 1

  The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 1

  by Neil Gaiman

  THE SANDMAN, written by New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, was the most acclaimed comic book title of the 1990s. A rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven, THE SANDMAN is also widely considered one of the most original and artistically ambitious series of the modern age. By the time it concluded in 1996, it had made... (more)
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  The Sandman: Book 4

  Season of Mists

  by Neil Gaiman

  In many ways, Season of Mists is the pinnacle of the Sandmanexperience. After a brief intermission of four short stories (collected as Dream Country) Gaiman continued the story of the Dream King that he began in the first two volumes. Here in volume 4, we find out about the rest of Dream's Endless family (Desire, Despair, Destiny, Delirium, Death, and a seventh missing sibling). We find out the story behind Nada,... (more)
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  Ten Books on Architecture

  by Vitruvius Pollio

  The most important book ever written on architecture. Early Roman aesthetics, technology, classical orders, site selection, all other aspects. Morgan translation.
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  The Prism of Grammar: How Child Language Illuminates Humanism (Bradford Books)

  by Thomas Roeper

  Every sentence we hear is instantly analyzed by an inner grammar; just as a prism refracts a beam of light, grammar divides a stream of sound, linking diverse strings of information to different domains of mind—memory, vision, emotions, intentions. In The Prism of Grammar , Tom Roeper brings the abstract principles behind modern grammar to life by exploring the astonishing intricacies of child language. Adult... (more)
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  Absolute Sandman: Book 2

  The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 2

  by Neil Gaiman

  THE SANDMAN, written by New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman, was the most acclaimed comic book title of the 1990s. A rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven, THE SANDMAN is also widely considered one of the most original and artistically ambitious series of the modern age. By the time it concluded in... (more)
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  A Gringo Like Me

  by Jennifer L. Knox

  Borrowing its title from an Ennio Morricone ditty in the spaghetti western Gunfight at Red Sands, Jennifer L. Knox's A Gringo Like Me contains poems at once raucous and sexy, tender and high. In favorites such as "Hot Ass Poem," "Cruising for Prostitutes," and "Chicken Bucket," Knox's speakers appear ornery, hickish, undereducated, misogynist, or worse, but each quirky character manages to elucidate a truth we're... (more)
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  Whim Man Mammon

  by Abraham Smith

  If Frank Stanford got up from the dead to slam (and slammed to win), what he would say might well resemble the poems in WHIM MAN MAMMON. That said, Abe Smith's got his own lizard thing going on here: No resurrection required. This is deft work--and hefty work (as in big and as in bag)--that squeezes gallon after gallon of the 21st century's natural and cultural detritus into one marvelous sack of song. To my mind,... (more)
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  The Era of Choice

  by Edward C. Rosenthal

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  Lunchroom Delight: Peanut Butter and Jelly

  by Sharhonda

  Lunchroom Delight is a book dedicated to her nephew, Rahkeem Pinder. The character in the book has grown bored with the mundane tasteless sandwich that his mother is notorious for making daily for lunch. Later, he finally musters up the confidence to request another type of sandwich after avoiding eating the dreadful sandwich entirely.
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  Praying

  Finding Our Way Through Duty to Delight

  by J. I. Packer, Carolyn Nystrom

  About the Book Is praying a duty or a delight? J. I. Packer and Carolyn Nystrom say that it's both; an essential, expected practice as a follower of Christ, but also a privilege and joy. As we start out learning to pray properly, however, the delight often seems to be missing. Here is practical help for active, honest praying that involves all of who we are--heart, hands and head--and moves us to deeper... (more)